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Setting a precedent in international accreditation |
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| Authors: | C L Burns |
| Institution: | (1) Quality Assurance Division, US Army Center for Health Prevention and Preventive Medicine-Europe, Department of Laboratory Sciences, CMR 402, Building 3810, D-66849 Landstuhl/Kirchberg, Germany Tel.: +49-6371-86-7771; Fax: +49 6371-86-8788; e-mail: Cathy_Burns@chppm-eur-ccmail.army.mil, DE |
| Abstract: | The accreditation procedure that the Department of Laboratory Sciences, CHPPM-Europe underwent is described. The laboratory obtained ISO/IEC 25 accreditation through the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) and the Deutsches Akkreditierungssystem Prüfwesen (DAP) as well as EN 45001 from DAP following the A2LA and DAP joint inspection. The accreditation process and the importance of obtaining national and international accreditation are discussed. Received: 30 May 1997 · Accepted: 16 June 1997 |
| Keywords: | Accreditation Quality system Environmental analysis Laboratory Quality assurance manual |
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